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October 9, 2017

Trump Demands Wall Funds, Migrant Crackdown in Exchange for Action on DREAMers
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In immigration news, President Trump said Sunday he won't restore the
DACA program protecting hundreds of thousands of young undocumented
immigrants from deportation-unless lawmakers agree to expand the wall on
the U.S.-Mexico border and move to keep out thousands of children
fleeing gang violence in Central America. Senate Democratic Minority
Leader Chuck Schumer called the proposal a nonstarter, tweeting, "@Nancy
Pelosi & I told @POTUS we were open to reasonable border security
alongside #Dream Act -his list goes so far beyond whats reasonable." In
September, President Trump said the U.S. would stop renewing
applications for DACA-the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
program-which gives nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants permission to
live and work in the United States.


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